Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah
Vicki Jean Leonard
Feb 1, 2022
Vicki Jean Bronson Leonard, Wife of Robert Blaine Leonard, passed away peacefully January 26, 2022 surrounded by family in Fort Myers, Florida after a long struggle with chronic illness. Vicki was born in Provo, Utah, December 30, 1969, daughter of the late Tracy Victor Bronson and Betty Jean Bronson. She graduated from McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona in 1988....
Austin Bard Hill
Feb 1, 2022
Austin Bard Hill Austin Bard Hill, beloved husband, dad, and grandfather, passed away February 1, 2022, at the age of 74, in his home in Orem, Utah, after a long valiant battle with Leukemia. Bard was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, on May 15, 1947, to Milford Austin and Esther Ellen Hill. He was the oldest of three boys, including his...
Alan Eugene Newell
Jan 31, 2022
Alan Eugene Newell was born March 1, 1951 in Provo, Utah. He passed away from a 3 year battle with cancer he ardently fought on January 31, 2022. He grew up assisting his parents with their family cherry orchard that spanned 9 acres surrounding their handmade home on 400 East near Orem's city center. He grew up to become a...
Rose Higa-Chynoweth
Jan 31, 2022
It is with both sadness and joy that we announce the passing of Rose Sueko Higa Chynoweth from this mortal coil into the arms of her Father in Heaven on the morning of January 31st, 2022 in Wake Forest, North Carolina. She is survived by her brother William, her son Mark, her daughter-in-law Brianna, her granddaughter Leilani, and many loving...
James Albert Ellis
Jan 29, 2022
James Albert Ellis, Jr. was born on January 22, 1932, in Rigby, Idaho. He was the oldest of 8 children born to Laura Fullmer. His parents divorced when he was 12 and then his mother married Robert McCleery some years later. The family had little money so for entertainment and toys they would build their own model airplanes made of...
Bonnie Lou Cook
Jan 29, 2022
On Saturday Evening, January 29, 2022, Bonnie L Cook ascended to heaven surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Bonnie moved on after battling illnesses at her advanced age. She was 80 years old at the time of her passing. She is survived by her 3 daughters and 11 grandchildren. Bonnie was one of 7 kids born to her parents Naomi...
Irvin Joseph Moore
Jan 29, 2022
Irvin Joseph Moore, 87 of Provo, Utah passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife and children after a courageous battle with cancer and dementia. He is survived by his wife (married 65 years), Jeanette Loosle Moore, and children: Annette (Ted) Gwilliam, Alan (Tamra) Moore, Douglas (Marie) Moore, Cheryl (Steve) Brayton, Kathleen Moore, 28 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. He...
Charla J Lane
Jan 29, 2022
Charla Jean Richins Lane 1944 ~ 2022 Charla Jean Richins Lane, passed away January 29, 2022. Charla lived her life in Orem, Utah. She was born November 2, 1944; she was adopted as a baby by Leo and Millie Richins. She was an only child. She graduated from Orem High School and was proud of being a "Tiger". She was...
Jane Ann Parker
Jan 28, 2022
Our loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, and friend, Jane Ann Riggs Parker, unexpectedly passed away on the morning of Friday, January 28, at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. Jane was born October 2, 1964, in Pontiac, Michigan, to J.C. Palestine Riggs and Janice Riggs (Orton). After the death of her father, she, her mother, and her four brothers moved...
Kelly Leonard Leftwich
Jan 26, 2022
Our loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother & friend, Kelly Leonard Leftwich, 61, unexpectedly passed away on the morning of Wednesday, January 26th at his home in Vineyard. Kelly was born January 13th, 1961, in Provo, UT, to Jack Leftwich & Jeanine Fullmer (Leftwich) Kelly is the fourth of five children. Kelly graduated from Timpview High School and shortly after...
Lynda Kynaston
Jan 26, 2022
The world lost an angel of a lady when Lynda Kynaston left us on the night of January 27th. Clement (Ike) & Venice Ercanbrack welcomed their beautiful daughter Lynda to their family on July 31, 1941 in Provo Utah. Lynda was the fourth of six siblings, one of five girls and a brother. Growing up in the farming community of...
David Max Randall
Jan 26, 2022
Our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Papa passed away January 26 , 2022 peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on his 81st birthday. David was born in Salt Lake City on January 26, 1941, the son of Max Willard Randall and Elizabeth Knorr Drechsel. He spent his boyhood years in Cedar City Utah. He graduated from Cedar High...
Riley Hutchinson
Jan 23, 2022
Riley made his final trip into the mountains that he loved on Sunday, January 23, 2022. Riley was born May 23, 1985 to Danny and Charlotte Hutchinson and 3 older brothers Flinn, Chris, and Dustin. He grew up in American Fork, the town where he was born. He attended Greenwood and Legacy Elementary grade schools. During his schooling at...
Nannette Bobeng Herndon
Jan 23, 2022
Nannette Herndon, 80, of Orem, passed through the veil on Sunday January 23rd, 2022 at the Timpanogos Hospital, surrounded by family. She was born Nannette Germaine Bobeng on September 2nd, 1941 in Chicago, IL to parents Milton Lester Bobeng and Alicia Cecile Bobeng. Nannette was the third oldest in a family of five children; Carolyne, Eugene, Michelle and John Bobeng....
Mary Macia Christiansen
Jan 21, 2022
Our angel mother, grandmother, and grandma great, Mary Macia Sells Christiansen, (Mary Sunshine) 96, passed away peacefully from this life on January 21, 2022. . . 24 years to the day her beloved husband, Ballard J. Christiansen passed away. Mary was born July 22, 1925, in Hastings, New Zealand to Albert E. and Nina Sells. Her father and mother had...
Andrew Richard James
Jan 18, 2022
Andrew Richard James passed away on January 18, 2022, in a tragic car accident. In his 28 years he brought immeasurable joy to his family and friends, and worked with fierce determination to prepare for the bright future ahead of him.
Born on March 9, 1993 in Provo, Utah as the beloved oldest child of Rick and...
Maxwell Russell Rasmussen
Jan 18, 2022
"On the evening of January 18, 2022, we learned that we had lost our beloved Maxwell Rasmussen: brother and son, grandson and great-grandson, nephew, cousin, student, and friend. Maxwell lost his life in the course of a stalwart and unrelenting battle against drug addiction. He was born to Russell and Jennifer Lynn Rasmussen on October 27, 1994, three weeks early...
Sonia Aminda Harris
Jan 16, 2022
Sonia A. Harris Our beloved mother, Sonia A. Harris passed away at her home on January 16, 2022 at the age of 89. Sonia was born to Alfred and Elfrida Sorensen on January 27, 1932 in Narvik, Norway. At the age of 19 she immigrated to the United States with her parents. Sonia met her true love, John B. Harris...
Helen Marie Shields
Jan 16, 2022
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and dear friend, Helen Marie Johnson Shields, passed away peacefully in her home in Orem,Utah, on the evening of January 16th 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. Helen was born on July 13, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, to Joseph and Winifred Johnson. She was the fourth of six children, the family's beloved...
Barry Lee Fillmore
Jan 15, 2022
Barry Lee Fillmore, 82, died peacefully at his home in Provo, Utah, on January 15, 2022, after a long and well-endured battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born in Spanish Fork, Utah, on October 10, 1939, to Elmer Lee and Gwendolyn Wride Fillmore. He was the second of seven siblings who grew up in a home attached to a small...


